"The Courage to Face Covid-19" by John Leake and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

Above: "The Courage to Face Covid-19 - Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex" John Leake and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH. 272 pages. I completed reading this book today, 14 November 2022.

It became clear to me, and to Dr. McCullough, that the use of hydroxychloroquine - and ivermectin - had become politicized as an anti-Trump trope.

This book is about Peter McCullough, a highly regarded practicing physician, program director, teacher and clinical investigator at a major academic medical center in Dallas, Texas.

McCollough became an advocate for early treatment of Covid-19 using repurposed drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. The US medical establishment rejected the use of early treatment repurposed drugs and used its considerable influence to render repurposed drugs unavailable through the US hospital systems to the general public. Doctors affiliated with small, private clinics continued to prescribe the drug.

McCollough persevered in his quest for early treatment of Covid-19 appearing before the US Senate and on Joe Rogan's podcast. Pressure was put on Rogan to not air his Mccollough podcast. At one point, Rogan's sponsor, Spotify, was on the point of shutting the McCullough podcast down. Rogan, with ten million regular listeners, took a mighty free speech stand and the Mccullogh podcast was aired. Rogan's own repurposed drug Covid-19 treatment was celebrated on the podcast. 40 million people listened to the McCollough podcast.

McCollough lost his job at the Dallas medical center in 2021.

During mid 2020 when the repurposed drug controversy was made known by DJT's advocacy of early treatment, I took special interest. I had been a regular user on several equatorial trips of the anti-malarial, hydroxychloroquine. I never had side effects from using the drug. I learned that in many countries, hydroxychloroquine could be purchased over the counter, like aspirin. Side effects had been reported for people with heart problems, but otherwise the medical authorities considered hydroxychloroquine to be very safe medication. I concluded that if the drug offers a modicum of hope, what's the problem taking it? Over the course of 2020 and 2021 I was astounded at the effort made by the US government (CDC, HIH, NIAID etc.) took to suppress the use of repurposed early treatment drugs. It became clear to me, and to Dr. McCullough, that the use of hydroxychloroquine - and ivermectin - had become politicized as an anti-Trump trope.

The book chronicles McCullough's odyssey in pushing his case for early treatment of Covid-19. McCollough's coauthor, John Leake, cites studies and experiences overseas and records individual testimonials of "success stories." Leake claims that 500 thousand lives could have been saved with otherwise banned repurposed early treatment regimens.

McCullough believes that the bio-pharmaceutical complex of multinational drug companies, the NIH and other federal agencies, research and virology labs, and the Gates Foundation has corrupted the practice of medicine in the US. ... Central government dictate on what medical treatments can or cannot be given, McCollough believes, has destroyed the essential relationship between a doctor and his patient.

Irrespective of what you believe about early treatment with repurposed drugs, the book gives an excellent view into how government, with the aid of social and corporate media, worked to cancel a doctor (and a gutsy podcaster) advocating treatment outside of the government's "vaccination for all, and nothing else" regimens. The book raises essential question about who should call the shots in the doctor patient relationship... the government or the doctor?